SAN DIEGO—Gov. Gavin Newsom visited a homeless encampment in downtown San Diego Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, to highlight his California Blueprint, a plan to tackle “existential threats,” including the housing crisis, through a proposed $286.4 billion budget. That proposed budget includes $6 billion over several years to purchase and build 55,000 new units of housing for the homeless in California. “We have to do more and we have to do better,” Newsom said, who was joined by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria. In the short term, he said, plans are to spend about $2 billion on “immediate and short-term” solutions that include “rapid rehousing” strategies. He said he envisions constructing independent units such as tiny houses and continuing Project Roomkey, which houses people in under-used hotel and motel rooms. In addition, he described a proposed $3 billion effort to help rebuild the state’s mental health services. The governor said he …