When Eagle Rock resident Pauline Adkins, 68, looks back on the years she’s lived in the eclectic neighborhood just north of downtown Los Angeles, she says she has no bad childhood memories. But now, she looks at her neighborhood and sings a different tune. She says a growing number of homeless encampments, increased crime, and an expanding number of dissatisfied residents are dividing the community. Like other residents across the state, many blame their locally-elected officials. Motivated by the thought of children growing up in a “deteriorating neighborhood,” she spearheaded the effort to launch a recall campaign on July 19 against Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León, who oversees the 14th Council District. The district also includes Skid Row, which is home to Los Angeles’s largest population of people living on the streets. “I have not in my life seen so many Democrats turn against somebody as they are against him. I really believe it’s bipartisan. I believe that when …