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Going to start backwards on this one. :)

The ASF proposal contains a few different components (SDK and runners) all of which have lived on GitHub for awhile (the proposal has links if you're interested.) If accepted as an incubating project, the code would still live on GitHub like other Apache Incubator projects.

tl;dr/ELI5 The goal is to grow an open community, have consistent (and open) processes, and be part of a larger OSS ecosystem. When projects live on GitHub, the code is open but project processes, etc. may not be.

It is about control.

Donating something to the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) means you lose control and ownership of the copyright.

They have pushed it to GitHub I think they are giving it to apache to be more vendor neutral.

It's about who maintains it.

Does that mean that Google will stop maintaining the project?

A lot of Apache project was submitted by venders and maintained by themself,goto ASF just say anyone can involve and do things with it.

There are several organizations included on the proposal, including Google, who will still be actively involved in the project, if accepted.