[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
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                                            Gary W. Kyle