"Your Dirt Nerd"
Tiny Logic [tī-nē loj-ik] n
The belief that Tiny Homes—made legal, permitted, and universally accessible—are the key to solving our housing crisis.
Tiny Logic is Adam Garrett-Clark
​A Bay Area native with a background in communication and advocacy, Adam Garrett-Clark offers a unique perspective on California real estate. His diverse career spans from bilingual journalism in New York City to managing operations for a four-location Tenant Rights clinic in San Francisco and Oakland.
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This deep experience in housing law and community needs naturally evolved into Tiny Logic, his consultancy for experimental and tiny home development. Today, Adam combines his developer’s mindset with local market expertise. Living and working from his own 1885 Victorian in downtown Stockton, he helps Real Estate clients throughout the Central Valley and Bay Area while continuing to champion affordable housing projects in Oakland.
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Why hire a Realtor who develops Tiny Home Communities?
I am not your typical agent. I approach every square foot of dirt with a developer's vision. Most residential agents look at the surface; I look at the infrastructure, the zoning, and the hidden liabilities—like soil toxicity or easement issues—that can turn a dream project into a nightmare.
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My background protects you in three specific ways:
The Investor’s Mindset
As a multifamily investor who self-manages my own properties, I "speak investor." I understand the P&L, not just the purchase price.
The Landlord’s Reality
Having managed a Tenant Rights clinic and my own units, I understand the friction points of tenancy law. While I understand the mechanics of eviction, I specialize in creative, human-centered negotiation to solve disputes before they escalate.
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The Community Dreamer
For those dreaming of cooperative living, I offer a reality check. I can guide you through the common pitfalls of shared ownership and advise on the legal structures that give your community the best chance of long-term success.
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A Decade of Fieldwork
2013
The Foundation Adam apprenticed with Biomimicry Architect and Futurist Eugene Tssui (creator of Berkeley’s Fish House), designing a personal living pod prototype in Mt. Shasta.
2014
Permaculture Roots A pilgrimage to Southern Australia led to an apprenticeship with David Holmgren, co-originator of the Permaculture design philosophy, at his legendary 30-year-old farm, Melliodora.
2015
Community in Action Adam co-founded one of West Oakland’s longest-running Tiny Home Communities. This 10,000 sq. ft. off-grid lot provided affordable housing to over 30 individuals for seven years, with rents as low as $300/month. Adam managed the community at-cost to prove the model worked.
2018
The Birth of Tiny Logic Tiny Logic LLC was formed to professionalize the movement. The firm’s first major project was stabilizing "The Wheel House," a vehicle-based cooperative facing shutdown. Adam provided the management structure needed to keep the community intact.
2020
Scaling Up When California’s historic ADU law passed, Tiny Logic joined the founding team of Bay Modular, a shipping container ADU company. Adam secured the company's first 7 contracts, managing permitting and installation from start to finish.
2021
The "Tiny Plot" Experiment Tiny Logic partnered with the City of Oakland to facilitate an experimental, co-governed community for formerly homeless residents. This project, chronicled in the Peabody-nominated podcast Tiny Plot, tested new models for transitional housing.
2022
Changing the Law After a massive advocacy campaign, Tiny Logic helped Oakland pass the "Housing Options Ordinance."
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The Win: It created the Vehicular Residential Facility (VRF), allowing homeowners to legally permit an RV/Tiny House as an ADU.
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The Impact: Noted by expert Kol Peterson as one of the most "Tiny House forward laws in the country," it opened a logical permit path for future Tiny Home communities.
2023
Remediation & Real Estate Adam became a licensed Realtor to bridge the gap between land use and sales. Simultaneously, his non-profit Neighborship won a Brownfield Site Investigation grant from the Dept. of Toxic Substances Control to pilot a bioremediation study—cleaning the soil of the original community site.
2024