Daniel Wagoner

Daniel Wagoner is the Interim Director of the California Office of Patients’ Rights and the Peer Self-Advocacy Unit. He is responsible for the five state hospital advocacy programs, as well as the statewide training and support given to county advocacy programs. Daniel also oversees self-advocacy groups and webinars for people with mental health disabilities that are presented by others with lived experience.

With nearly 16 years of experience advocating and educating within California’s mental health system, Daniel has a profound knowledge of the rights of forensic mental health patients and state hospital operations. Over his career, he has shared this knowledge while providing hundreds of training sessions related to the rights of people receiving mental health services.