[Pacific Enterprises Letterhead] March 8, 1994 Southern California Gas Company 555 West Fifth Street Los Angeles, California 90013 Gentlemen: In my capacity as your counsel, I have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of the public offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of your Medium-Term Notes (the "Notes"). I am familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken in connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Notes. Upon the basis of the foregoing and subject to the completion of said proceedings prior to the issuance of the Notes, I am of the opinion that the Notes when issued and sold in the manner set forth in the Registration Statement will be legally issued and binding obligations. I consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of my name under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus which is a part thereof. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Gary W. Kyle ----------------------- Gary W. Kyle