In 1832, south california threatened to secede from the union over what issue

Taxes and they did not agree with some of the issues that were pointed out to them

An informal structure in a bureaucracy would be something like so-called "office politics". where there's a formal structure set up for the organization, but then an informal subculture as well that has a way of organizing the bureaucracy further. this can be positive because it sets up an added degree of organization, albeit informal, within the bureaucracy.