diff --git a/horizon/enforcer/api.py b/horizon/enforcer/api.py
index 49f43092..4dbe6507 100644
--- a/horizon/enforcer/api.py
+++ b/horizon/enforcer/api.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Header
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 from fastapi import Request, Response, status
+from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
 from opal_client.config import opal_client_config
 from opal_client.logger import logger
 from opal_client.policy_store.base_policy_store_client import BasePolicyStoreClient
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ async def conditional_is_allowed(
 
 
 async def _is_allowed_data_manager(
-    query: BaseSchema | None,
+    query: BaseSchema | list[BaseSchema] | None,
     request: Request,
     *,
     path: str = "/check",
@@ -316,9 +317,10 @@ async def _is_allowed_data_manager(
 ):
     headers = transform_headers(request)
     url = f"{sidecar_config.DATA_MANAGER_SERVICE_URL}/v1/authz{path}"
-    payload = None if query is None else {"input": query.dict()}
+    payload = None if query is None else {"input": jsonable_encoder(query)}
     exc = None
-    _set_use_debugger(payload)
+    if query is not None and isinstance(query, dict):
+        _set_use_debugger(payload)
     try:
         logger.info(f"calling Data Manager at '{url}' with input: {payload}")
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
@@ -603,25 +605,19 @@ async def is_allowed_bulk(
         queries: list[AuthorizationQuery],
         x_permit_sdk_language: Optional[str] = Depends(notify_seen_sdk),
     ):
-        bulk_query = BulkAuthorizationQuery(checks=queries)
         if sidecar_config.ENABLE_EXTERNAL_DATA_MANAGER:
             response = await _is_allowed_data_manager(
-                bulk_query, request, path="/check/bulk"
+                queries, request, path="/check/bulk"
             )
             raw_result = json.loads(response.body)
-            log_query_result(bulk_query, response, is_inner=True)
         else:
+            bulk_query = BulkAuthorizationQuery(checks=queries)
             response = await _is_allowed(bulk_query, request, BULK_POLICY_PACKAGE)
-            raw_result = json.loads(response.body).get("result", {})
+            raw_result = json.loads(response.body).get("result", {}).get("allow", [])
             log_query_result(bulk_query, response)
         try:
-            processed_query = (
-                get_v1_processed_query(raw_result)
-                or get_v2_processed_query(raw_result)
-                or {}
-            )
             result = BulkAuthorizationResult(
-                allow=raw_result.get("allow", []),
+                allow=raw_result,
             )
         except Exception:
             result = BulkAuthorizationResult(
diff --git a/horizon/local/api.py b/horizon/local/api.py
index a8aaa881..3e57dfd6 100644
--- a/horizon/local/api.py
+++ b/horizon/local/api.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     ListRoleAssignmentsPDPBody,
     WrappedResponse,
     ListRoleAssignmentsPagination,
+    RoleAssignmentFactDBFact,
 )
 
 
@@ -170,7 +171,10 @@ async def legacy_list_role_assignments() -> list[RoleAssignment]:
                 return await legacy_list_role_assignments()
             else:
                 res = await policy_store.list_facts_by_type("role_assignments")
-                return parse_obj_as(list[RoleAssignment], await res.json())
+                res_json = parse_obj_as(
+                    list[RoleAssignmentFactDBFact], await res.json()
+                )
+                return [fact.into_role_assignment() for fact in res_json]
         else:
             return await legacy_list_role_assignments()
 
diff --git a/horizon/local/schemas.py b/horizon/local/schemas.py
index 81bf7a3e..0fb9989e 100644
--- a/horizon/local/schemas.py
+++ b/horizon/local/schemas.py
@@ -84,3 +84,49 @@ class Config:
 
 class WrappedResponse(BaseSchema):
     result: list[RoleAssignment]
+
+
+class FactDBFact(BaseSchema):
+    type: str
+    attributes: dict[str, Any]
+
+
+class RoleAssignmentFactDBFact(FactDBFact):
+    @property
+    def user(self) -> str:
+        return self.attributes.get("actor", "").removeprefix("user:")
+
+    @property
+    def role(self) -> str:
+        return self.attributes.get("role", "")
+
+    @property
+    def tenant(self) -> str:
+        return self.attributes.get("tenant", "")
+
+    @property
+    def resource_instance(self) -> str:
+        return self.attributes.get("resource", "")
+
+    def into_role_assignment(self) -> RoleAssignment:
+        return RoleAssignment(
+            user=self.user,
+            role=self.role,
+            tenant=self.tenant,
+            resource_instance=self.resource_instance,
+        )
+
+    class Config:
+        schema_extra = {
+            "example": {
+                "type": "role_assignments",
+                "attributes": {
+                    "actor": "user:author-user",
+                    "id": "user:author-user-author-document:doc-1",
+                    "last_modified": "2024-09-23 09:10:10 +0000 UTC",
+                    "resource": "document:doc-1",
+                    "role": "author",
+                    "tenant": "default",
+                },
+            }
+        }
diff --git a/horizon/tests/test_local_api.py b/horizon/tests/test_local_api.py
index e0082760..08a53155 100644
--- a/horizon/tests/test_local_api.py
+++ b/horizon/tests/test_local_api.py
@@ -142,10 +142,14 @@ async def test_list_role_assignments_external_data_store() -> None:
             repeat=True,
             payload=[
                 {
-                    "user": "user1",
-                    "role": "role1",
-                    "tenant": "tenant1",
-                    "resource_instance": "resource_instance1",
+                    "type": "role_assignment",
+                    "attributes": {
+                        "actor": "user:user1",
+                        "role": "role1",
+                        "tenant": "tenant1",
+                        "resource": "resource_instance1",
+                        "id": "user:user1-role1-resource_instance1",
+                    },
                 }
             ],
         )