Brad Garlinghouse lands in Los Angeles as crypto bill faces decisive week

Brad Garlinghouse flew from Hollywood Burbank to an airfield near Riverside at 33.898, -117.600 on May 18, a 33-minute hop aboard his Global 6000, N100RP. The short flight, barely clearing 3,000 feet, comes at the tail end of a day that began near Oslo and ended in Southern California.

Garlinghouse landed the same week the Senate Banking Committee was scheduled to mark up the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, the crypto industry's top legislative priority. Speaking at Consensus 2026 in Miami on May 5, Garlinghouse called the next two weeks — beginning May 11 and May 18 — decisive for the bill, warning that if momentum stalls, the likelihood of passage would "drop precipitously" as the 2026 midterms approach [coindesk.com](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/05/05/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-clarity-better-than-chaos-as-senate-hits-key-moment). He told attendees the U.S. is "closest to the finish line" on a crypto bill, with a markup scheduled the morning of May 19 [youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtpd2yrU1c).

The flight — a near-repeat of Garlinghouse's May 18 hop from Burbank to Van Nuys — keeps him within driving distance of Ripple's San Francisco HQ and the California tech lobbyists working the bill. Garlinghouse has made regulatory clarity the centerpiece of Ripple's public positioning since the company's SEC lawsuit ended in 2025 [crypto.news](https://crypto.news/garlinghouse-defends-clarity-act-shift/). Whether this week's markup succeeds will determine if his optimism was warranted.