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    SoCal Matters
            Lake Tahoe Still Murky After Decades of Efforts and Billions of Dollars
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2025
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 327
                        
                    
                
            
            
            California has poured over $3 billion into Lake Tahoe projects, but water clarity has dropped by more than a third since the 1960s. As spending increasingly shifts toward recreation and development, experts question whether environmental goals are being met.
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