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The amount of dividends declared or paid in the period to holders of our Equity Shares, Series A.

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The amount of net income or loss for the period per each share of Equity Shares (basic and dilutive) equivalents outstanding during the reporting period.

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6959260&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Equity impact of common stock cash dividends declared by an entity during the period. This element includes paid and unpaid dividends declared during the period.

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Public Storage Shareholders' Equity (Dividends) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Mar. 31, 2010 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Common stock dividends paid in aggregate	$ 162,000,000		$ 135,700,000	$ 459,300,000	$ 381,100,000
Common stock dividends paid per share	$ 0.95		$ 0.80	$ 2.70	$ 2.25
Equity shares, Series A distributions paid						0	5,100,000	25,700,000
Equity shares, Series A dividends per share		$ 0.0000
Equity Shares Series A Dividends							$ 0.6125	$ 3.07
Preferred shareholders based on distributions paid	$ 56,670,000		$ 57,522,000	$ 172,926,000	$ 174,509,000