EXHIBIT 23.2
    

   
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
    

   
    We consent to the incorporation by reference in this pre-effective Amendment
No.  1 to  this Registration Statement  No. 33-52663 of  Southern California Gas
Company on Form S-3 of our report dated January 31, 1994 appearing in the Annual
Report on  Form 10-K  of Southern  California  Gas Company  for the  year  ended
December 31, 1993, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the
Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.
    

   
DELOITTE & TOUCHE
    

   
Los Angeles, California
April 8, 1994