The Los Angeles City Council this week moved to improve its pollution response after the 17 million gallon sewage spill from the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant last month. Councilmembers Mitch O’Farrell and Paul Koretz introduced a motion Aug. 10 that would instruct the city’s sanitation department to look into improvements that can be made to the department’s public response system, after the public was not immediately warned of the spill by the city’s sanitation department and public health department. El Segundo Beach and Dockweiler Beach were closed for several days after the spill and reopened on July 15 after bacteria levels in the water reached state standards. “I am deeply committed to protecting our environment, and I want every Angeleno to feel confident that this city takes its responsibilities as environmental stewards very seriously,” O’Farrell said in a statement. “It is critical that the city address the incident at Hyperion …