[PACIFIC ENTERPRISES LETTERHEAD]


                                   February 3, 1998



Southern California Gas Company
555 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90013-1011


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 up to $600,000,000 aggregate
public offering price of your debt securities (the "Securities").

          I am familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken in
connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Securities.  Upon
the basis of the foregoing and subject to the completion of said proceedings
prior to the issuance of the Securities, I am of the opinion that the Securities
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

GWK/lhp